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i. JOHN H. HODGES, Prop’r, DlEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1923, COLONS EXPRESS SATISFACTION WITH PROGRESS TOWARDS REFORM TAXATION Radicals Lead Charge Against The Government—Attack First Items Brief News Items Gathered Hero And There From All Sections Of The- State SCOURIER ARRIVES AT DOORN I WITH TWELVE GERMAN i PASSPORTS hohenzollerns may reign France Indicates Belief That Force j Will Be The Only Action Germany Will Heed ; Brussels.—The former German om- peror is preparing the return to the Fatherland. He already has In his hands passportB for himself and his suite, and the Brussels Gazette goes so far as to say that it i; expected the 'Hohenzollern monarchy will be re- Stored on December 4, William, or his son, the former crown prince) Frederick William, ascending the throne. Private advices from Doom, receiv ed by the Agency Telegraphlque Beige, says that a courier, von Hoechst, arrived at Doom with twelve iGerman passports, for the ex-kaiser 'and his immediate entourage. A tele gram in cipher was received there in :the morning and early in the after noon there was a long conference be* [tween William and those close to him. Later a high Dutch offioial, Dr. (Kan, of the ministry of the interior, called and was closeted with the [former emperor for thirty-five min- jUtes. j A wireless system has been install ,ed at Doom house, which had been !tb FRENCH PREMIER’S ACTION CRY STALLIZES FORCES OF OPPOSITION i«,ue residence of the head of the Ho henzollerns during the late years of his internment in Holland and mes sages are received from Nauen at noon dally. Late dispatches from Doom, where Former Emperor William has resided since his internment in Holland, an nounced he was maintaining dose re lations with the leaders of the Ger man monarchist movement and waB said to be hopeful events in Germany ,would turn in his favor. V' Out-Landlses Landis In Size! Of Fines ; New York.—Some years ago Judge K. M. Landis became famous by fining the Standard Oil company $29,- 000,000. Magistrate Oberwager, of the Essex market court, saw his paltry $29,000,000 and raised him several bil lions thereby achieving a new record for this event. Sam Miller was be fore the court charged with pe’ddllng without a license. "What were you peddling?" the judge demanded. "Ger man marks; 100,000 for a cent,” said Miller. “I fine you 16 billions," said the court. Miller gave the clerk a $2 bill. 39,650 Check Given Wake Fores£ .' Wake Forest, N. C.—Wake Forest college has received a check for $39,- 650 from the general education board of New York City, according to an announcement made by Dr. W. L, Po- teat, president of the institution. The gift of the education board is made under an agreement by which $300,* 000 was to be added to the endowment of the college, Wake Forest raising $200,000 and the general education board contributing the remaining $100,- 600. Paris.—Premier Poincare, riding roughshod over all opposition, Bcored a signal victory at the reopening of the French chamber. He succeeded in placing the discussion of the sup plementary credits of the 1924 budget at the top of the order of tho day and absolutely refused to discuss interpel lations, except on one day each week, which means in effect indefinite post ponement, as interpellations probably would average one for each sitting and therefore only four or five could be disposed of before the December recess. M. • Poincare’s uncompromising atti tude, however, caused crystallization of all the opposition groups, the radi cals, Clemenceau adherents, socialists and communists voting solidly against the government for the largest minor ity on a question of confidence since the Ruhr occupation. The - premier made his request that Friday of each week be set aside for discuBsiou of the interpellations, num bering 40, a question of confidence involving responsibility of the govern ment, and he was supported by the chamber by a vote of 379 to 166. M. Harriott, of the radicals, led the charge against the government, in sisting that disoussion of the amnesty bill be taken up immediately, but M. Poincare steadfastly refused, demand ing that the order of the day as elab orated by the government he left un disturbed. The order of the day, as present ed by the government, in which a ma jority of the chamber concurred, calls for, first, discussion of the 1924 bud get’s . supplementary credits; second, a tax on revenues, and third, reform of the electoral. The new attack upon the govern ment by the left groups will be on the first item, calling for extraordi nary credits to the amount of nearly 1.600.000. 000 francs over the 1923 budget, adopted as a standard for 1924. The amount is mado up of ex penditures in Morocco, totaling 362,* 000,000, and in the Sarre Valley and Near East 248,000,000, and an item de scribed as "extraordinary expenses," 847.000. 000. The latter includes tho expenses of the Ruhr occupation since June, amounting to nearly half a bil lion francs. We are On the Job from January to January, twelve months each year. | You can buy One Sack or A Hundred | Praise Exhibits At Twiggs Fair Jeffersonville.—The Twiggs county fair, which closed here recently, was a great success, according to all who attended. The fair lasted two days, and there were many agricultural and school exhibits on display. B. S. Fitz patrick, county Bchool superintendent; D. S. McGhee, farm agent, and Mrs. Kathleen Carswell, home demonstra tion agent, had charge of the fair this year. Stokes’ Start -New Legal Battle New York.—Mr. and Mrs. W. E. D. Stokes, who recently concluded a five weeks’ battle which ended with de nial of the hotel man’s plea for a divorce, again will take the lasts against one another. The new legal war concerns Mrs. Stokes’ suit for separation. Supreme Court Justice Wasservogel ordered the hearing to proceed over the protect of Stokes’ attprneys; who sought a two weeks’ postponement. ’ ' .. . '•> Light Plant To Cost $1,500,000 Savannah.—The mayor and council of Savannah are considering the spe cial report of Lawrence Manning, en gineer, upon the cost of a municipal lighting plant. His estimates are for a plant to cost one and a half million dollars, capable of caring for a third or half the total volume of business in Savannah, and designed to ^pro vide for extensions. It is said that bonding limit of the city now is. g itly more than a million and a ; .JoBarft---..—-- . Gem Shop Robbed As Hundreds Pass Nei9 York.—While hundreds were passing the busy corner at Broadway and Forty-seventh street, three well- dressed men entered the jewelry store of Jftlius - Howard, forced the proprie tor and a clerk into a •■ear room and rifled showcases of jewelry valued at $76,000, and escaped. Big Army; Dirigible Falls To Death Mitchel Field, N. Y.—Private Aage Rasmussen was killed at - the army j Atlanta.—Repeal of the law, placing a tax of ten per cent on the retail, price of all cigarettes and cigars sold, in the state, will be Bought In a bill to be introduced in the house, it is reported in Atlanta. Representative knight of Berrien county, it is under stood, will Introduce this measure. . Representative Knight’s bill does not provide for any substitute revenue to take the place of the tobacco tax,' simply confining itself; to a repeal of the law passed at the regular session this year, signed by the governor and scheduled to go into effect on Janu ary 1. It will be recalled that the cigarette and cigar tax measure was introduced by Representative J. Harman Millner of Dodge county., It provides that a tax of ten per cent on -ill retail sales of cigarettes and cigars shall be paid to the state, the method of col lection being through stamps, to be purchased by all dealers from the of fice of the comptroller' general. The revenue from this tax, which has been variously estimated from $11,- 260,000 to six millions, Is to be de voted to the payment of Confederate pensions, with the’ exception of $260,- 000 annually for the first two years of its operation. This half million is to be used,for building a new tuber cular sanitarium for. negroes,, , •, After three days’ work by the spe cial session of the general assembly supporters for tax reform In Georglu, express themselves as satisfied with the legislative situation at this time. Summarizing results of the half week’s work, with the'ir bearing upon probable developments, the outstand ing facts might be listed, in order of importance, as follows: ! Passage by the senate of the Pace bill, creating a state auditor’s depart ment. This measure will go to the house. There is a peculiar parliamen tary situation regarding the transmis sion of the bill. Immediately atfer its passage the senate voted a resolution for immediate transmission to the house. The lower body was not in Session at the time, however. Under the rules a bill can only be trans mitted while both houses are in ses sion. Favorable action by the house com mittee on amendments to the Consti tution on the bill which gives author ity for the state to levy an income tax, with exemptions allowed on all incomes, with the Tate uot to exceed 5 per cent. The committee voted on this bill, with only one member, New, of Laurens, voling against. Decision by a group of supporters of the move to repeal the tax equali zation law at a meeting held recently, to insist on repeal of this law before hew tax laws are enacted. About fif ty members attended this meeting and whether or not they can uncover suf ficient numerical strength In the house to carry their point is in doubt. At the regular session they had this strength, hut it is believed that there have b§en depletions in .their ranks during the summer recess. Decision of the house committee on ways and means to amend the general tax act from the form in which it was passed at the regular session so as to reduce the tax rate on insurance premiums from three per cent to one and one-half per cent. Under the gen- g Tons, or More, any day in the year | and get prompt delivery. | Our Customers get this kind of Service without any Extra Cost. “IT’S WHAT’S IN THE SACK THAT COUNTS.” HEARD BROTHERS. Manufacturers of High Grade Fertilizers. MACON, - GEORGIA. If Its Barga ins You are looking for Gall at J. W. BLOODWORTH’S and find them. We are prepared to fill all orders for Hay Ties, Syrup Barrels, Crockery and Enamel ed Ware, Gun Shells, Stoyes ana Ranges. Our Hardware line is complete and we carry the largest stock of Groceries in Perry and can there* fore fill your needs in these lines to your best advantage. J. W. BLOODWORTH “THE FARMERS FRIEND. PERRY, - GEORGIA, HEADQUARTERS FOR Stekas and Fresh Meats of All Kinds. Staple and Fancy Grocries. Prompt Service. Phone 12. E. F. BARFIELD & CO. PERRY, GA. and navy air circus when be clung to eral tax a< * o£ 1921 0De the drag lines of the dirigible TC-2« _ p ".® e ?Jk fc.t® house after she was released by lier ground crew and lost his grip after being lift ed ’200. feet in the air.. Growers In Bibb Form Peach Body Macon.—The Macon association of the Georgia Peach Growers’ Exchange was organized permanently here re- oeptly. The association includes all tl^e orchardists of Bibb county and part of Monroe and Crawford coun ties. The Macon local is one of 27 locals making up. the. state exchange, last summer raised it to -three. Take Charge Of Work At Two Schools Atlanta.—A. Ten Eyck Brown, su pervising architect for the Atlanta .bond Jissue school building program, will be' placed by the board of edu cation directly in charge of the Jo seph E. Brown and Booker T. Wash ington buildings and authorized to re sume at once the work which wag istopped by the McDevitt Fleming con- istruction company, contractors for th\ [schools. / S § !± We have put our Gins in good shape and have new brushes and we are ready to gin fyour cotton - • , . ' i ■ and buy your seed and cotton. We are ah the market (or Cotton, Cotton Seed, Hay, Peas, Corn, Velvet Beans, Peanuts and all farm*products. Perry Warehouse Co.